Guild Wars 2

In preparation for the announced friends trial, I would like to invite someone who lives far away from me. They’ve expressed interest in the trial but there doesn’t seem to be a download page for it. I know it’s early, but it’s also a big download, so if possible we’d like to get started on it.

If nothing official is available, there’s probably a torrent out there for it, does Anet have a problem with people using it to distribute the client?

Windows:
http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/client/Gw2Setup.exe

Mac:
http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/client/Guild%20Wars%202.dmg

They might have a special trial client though, which I imagine would basically be the same thing but smaller – only downloading what the trial is able to access.

I have sent those who I plan on inviting a copy of the GW2.exe file. When you download the client normally (or were in the beta) that was the only file you needed. To download there isn’t a login required and the entirety of the game consists of GW2.exe, a .dat file, and a small handful of other files which the .exe creates as it patches.

In summation, you don’t need to torrent anything, you just need to give them a small .exe and then they can download the client themselves.

It is also possible that once invitation goes live on the 12th, download links will be provided in the invites.

I can’t imagine they would have a problem with people sharing the client because without an account it’s basically just a useless file (or if you have the software to decompile the .dat file a bunch of pretty pictures and text).

It’s not like they have to worry about piracy like off-line games.

you can always copy the game’s folder directory to a USB and hand it over. the DAT file is the main file that gets updated, and it saves on re-downloading all those gigabytes.